Countries
Myanmar
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Yoruba Academy
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
binu
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
bye
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Benin, Togo
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
birman
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Burmese and Yoruba Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Yoruba language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Burmese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.